Thomas Urlacher is a partner and member of Gide's M&A / Corporate practice group, with first-class expertise in complex acquisitions, strategic alliances (joint ventures) and corporate structuring. His practice covers a wide range of industries, in particular service industries (banking and insurance, IT and telecommunications), energy and manufacturing (automotive, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage).
Following a failure to reach an agreement for the appointment of a successor to Klaus Regling, the European Stability Mechanism's (ESM) governing council has appointed current deputy managing director Christophe Frankel as managing director until 31 December.